Canada Region

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About your Regional Secretary

A new regional secretary was elected by the Canadian members and appointed by the ISAE council on November 3rd, 2016. Yolande Seddon from the University of Saskatchewan is now the regional secretary for the Canada region. Congratulations Yolande!

Resources and Archives

Below, you will find information on previous ISAE activities and other relevant information on events and news occurring within Canada.

Past regional meetings (Congrès régional)

Regional meetings

Congrès régional

2017

The 13th North American Regional Meeting of the ISAE was held from 12-13 May in Ames, Iowa, USA. The meeting was held at Iowa State University, hosted by local organisers Suzanne Millman and Anna Johnson.

The conference had a good turnout, with 60 in attendance from 19 institutions and a mix of ISAE members and non-members. A total of 22 oral presentations were given and 11 posters. Oral presentation session topics included the social behaviour of pigs, housing and environment, welfare assessment, health and pain relief, and behavioural variability. The conference proceedings can be viewed on the ISAE meetings webpage.

Many thanks to our theatre and poster judges. Awards were given for outstanding oral and poster presentations to the following:

Undergraduate – Ashley Birakos: “Comparison of perching behavior and its effects on keel bone deviations of laying hens in two types of enriched colony cages”

Dr. Cheryl Morris of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium gave the keynote lecture, in which she spoke of advancements in animal care through training. The presentation was well received and led to a lengthy question-and-answer session.

A business meeting was conducted with a discussion on the future approach to organising regional ISAE meetings. No decisions were made and the final plan was to survey current members in the US and Canadian regions to determine preferences. No volunteers were found to organise the next meeting, so that will be addressed in the future.

At the time of writing, the Canadian region has 65 members, and the USAE region has 122.

Regional news (Nouvelles régionales)

Regional news

Nouvelles régionales

In Spring 2013, a survey was conducted to determine the interest of Canadian ISAE members for developing a collaborative database for professors, research scientists, post-docs and students in applied ethology across Canada. The result of this survey can be found here: Can ISAE Network Survey results.

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There are nearly 700 members worldwide and each year the Society assembles for a major International Congress, where in addition to addresses by special keynote speakers, members present their latest research findings. There are also regular regional conferences held to encourage local knowledge exchange.